US3349028A - Continuous solvent extraction of decant, cycle and gas oils - Google Patents

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US3349028A
US3349028A US470863A US47086365A US3349028A US 3349028 A US3349028 A US 3349028A US 470863 A US470863 A US 470863A US 47086365 A US47086365 A US 47086365A US 3349028 A US3349028 A US 3349028A
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    • C09C—TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES ; PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK  ; PREPARATION OF INORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH ARE NO SINGLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND WHICH ARE MAINLY USED AS PIGMENTS OR FILLERS
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    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G21/00—Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, by extraction with selective solvents

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  • This invention relates to the treatment of petroleum oils by solvent refining to obtain as products a highly aromatic fraction especially suitable for use as a carbon black feedstock and a nonaromatic fraction especially suitable for use as a feedstock for a catalytic cracking process.
  • Carbon black is a particulate material which is especially useful as a reinforcing agent for rubber compounds.
  • furnace process the predominant process for manufacturing carbon black in the so-called furnace process.
  • a hydrocarbon feedstock is introduced into a highly heated furnace chamber and is therein thermally decomposed, at least in part, to form carbon black in gaseous suspension, as described for example in US. Patents, 2,768,067; 2,779,665; 2,851,337 and 3,079,236.
  • highly aromatic hydrocarbon feedstocks i.e. feedstocks having a high BMCI value, improve the yield of carbon black obtained from the furnace process.
  • a feedstock for a catalytic cracking operation should be substantially free of metals and aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.
  • Metal constituents in cracking stocks poison the cracking catalyst, while aromatic constituents, when subjected to cracking, deposit excess amounts of carbon on the catalyst.
  • a refilnate phase containing a major portion of the nonaromatic hydrocarbons (i.e. paraffinic and/ or naphthenic hydrocarbons) in the mixture and an extract phase containing a major portion of the aromatic hydrocarbons in the mixture.
  • a novel two-stage solvent extraction process In the first stage of the process a relatively heavy hydrocarbon feed containing significant quantities of aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons is intimately contacted with a solvent for the aromatic hydrocarbons to provide a first raflinate phase containing a major portion of the nonaromatic hydrocarbons and a minor portion of the solvent and a first solvent extract phase containing a major portion of the solvent and aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • the solvent extract phase obtained from the first extraction stage is intimately contacted with additional relatively heavy hydrocarbon feed containing significant quantities of aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons to provide a second raffinate phase containing a major portion of nonaromatic hydrocarbons and a second solvent extract phase containing a major portion of the solvent and aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • the first and second rafiinates obtained from the extraction columns may be combined, and subjected to a distillation operation to remove therefrom any solvent which may be present.
  • the lean rafiinate so obtained, containing a high proportion of nonaromatic hydrocarbons may be used as a high quality feed in a catalytic cracking operation.
  • the solvent extract phase obtained from the second extractor may be subjected to a distillation operation to strip solvent therefrom and the lean extract so obtained, containing a high proportion of aromatic hydrocarbons, may be used as a high quality feedstock for a furnace carbon black manufacturing process.
  • the relatively heavy hydrocarbon feed charged to the first extraction stage of my process should have an initial boiling point of at least about 400 F. and should contain at least about 20% weight percent of aromatic hydrocarbons and at least about 10% weight percent of nonaromatic hydrocarbons (i.e. parafiinic and/ or naphthenic hydrocarbons).
  • the initial boiling point is at least about 450 F. and the weight percents of aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons are from about 50 to about 80, and from about 20 to about 50, respectively.
  • Suitable charging feeds are heavy cycle oils, light cycle oils, and decant oils, although the preferred charging feed is a mixture of heavy cycle oil and decant oil, particularly a mixture of 50% to by volume of heavy cycle oil and correspondingly 50% to 15% by volume of decant oil.
  • decant oil refers to oil which is separated from catalytically cracked material by pouring off from the top of a settling unit and that the term heavy cycle oil refers to relatively heavy gas oil which has been subjected at least once to a cracking process (thermal or catalytic), and which is ordinarily lower in API gravity for a given boiling point, lower in H/ C ratio, lower in aniline number, higher in unsaturation and aromaticity, and more refractory toward further cracking than the virgin stock from which it is made.
  • a cracking process thermal or catalytic
  • the solvent employed in the extraction may be any organic solvent which preferentially dissolves aromatic hydrocarbons from mixtures of the same with nonaromatic hydrocarbons.
  • the preferred solvent for this purpose is furfural, although other solvents such as phenol, liquid sulfur dioxide, glycol ethers, etc. may also be used.
  • the hydrocarbon feed subjected to solvent extraction in the second stage of the process is preferably different from that charged'to the first extraction stage.
  • the second stage feed has an initial boiling point of at least about 425 F. and contains from about 5 to about 30 weight percent aromatic hydrocarbons and from about 70 to about weight percent nonaromatic hydrocarbons (i.e. paraflinic and/or naphthenic).
  • this second stage feed is a substantially asphaltene-free gas oil having an initial boiling point of above about 450 F, and containing from about to about weight percent aromatic hydrocarbons and from about 80 to about 90 weight percent nonaromatic hydrocarbons.
  • asphaltene-free gas oil may be obtained by passing a mixture of reduced crude and short resid through a vacuum unit and subsequently passing the vacuum bottoms through a deasphalting unit.
  • the solvent to oil ratio in the first extraction stage may with advantage, range from about 0.2 to about 5.0 volumes of solvent per volume of oil feed, but preferably ranges from about 0.5:1 to about 2:1.
  • one major advantage of the present process is that the solvent to oil ratio may be minimized.
  • the rich extract obtained from the first stage may be used with or Without additional solvent to extract the hydrocarbon feed to the second extraction stage.
  • the solvent to hydrocarbon feed ratio in the second extraction stage may advantageously range from about 0.5 :l to about 5.0:1, and preferably from about 1:1 to about 2:1.
  • the temperatures at which the first and second stage extractionsrare carried out are subject to wide variation.
  • the temperatures are dependent upon the particular solvent and oil used, but generally range from about 75 to about 300 F.
  • extract outlets of the extractors may be advantageously maintained at a temperature of from about 75 F. to about 200 F. and the rafiinate outlets thereof may be maintained at a temperature of about 125 F. to about 225 F.
  • the temperature at the extract outlet is lower than the temperature at the raffinate outlet. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the optimum temperatures for any specific instance are readily determinable.
  • a relatively heavy hydrocarbon feed containing significant quantities of aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons e.g. a mixture of heavy cycle oil and decant oil
  • a relatively heavy hydrocarbon feed containing significant quantities of aromatic and nonaromatic hydrocarbons e.g. a mixture of heavy cycle oil and decant oil
  • Furfural is charged from storage tank 3 through conduits 4 and 5 to the extraction column 2, wherein it is caused to intimately contact the hydrocarbon feed under countercurrent fiow conditions at a temperature and solvent to oil volume ratio as noted above.
  • the furfural selectively dissolves the aromatic hydrocarbon constituents of the feed to form an extract phase and a solvent immiscible raffinate stage.
  • the raffinate phase which contains predominantly nonaromatic hydrocarbons, is removed from the top of column 2 through conduit 6.
  • the rich extract phase is removed from the bottom of column 2 through conduit 7 and is passed to a second extraction column 8 wherein it is contacted under countercurrent flow conditions with a substantially asphaltene-free gas oil charged through conduit 9.
  • Aromatic hydrocarbon and metallic constituents in the gas oil are selectively dissolved in the furfural extract, thereby forming a second extract, which is removed from the bottom of column 8 through conduit 10, and a second rafiinate phase, containing nonaromatic constituents of the gas oil plus nonaromatic constituents from the first stage extract, which is removed from the top of column 8 through conduit 11.
  • the volume ratio of turfural to gas oil in the second extraction column 8 may be increased by drawing olT furfural from storage tank 4- 3 through lines 4 and 12 and adding to the extract in line 7.
  • furnace carbon black feedstocks are those containing a high percentage of aromatic hydrocarbons.
  • Cat cracking feedstocks preferably contain a minimum amount of aromatic hydrocarbons, due to the fact that such hydrocarbons deposit excessive amounts of carbon on the catalyst.
  • a distinct advantage of the invention is that the use of the rich first stage extract, with or without additional furfural,'in the second extraction stage, results in increasing the quantity of a deasphalted gas oil stream, while at the same time extracting themetallic constituents and carbon residue and thus improving its quality as catalytic cracking feedstock.
  • solvent alone would extract metallic constituents from this stream, the amount of raffinate would obviously be less than the amount of feed.
  • This increased yield of raffinate is accomplished by the counter solvent properties of the deasphalted gas oil extracting the major portion of remaining nonaromatic constituents from the first stage extract. The overall result is to increase the aromatic concentration of the extract phase while increasing .the quantity and quality of the raffinate phase.
  • the raffinate phases removed from columns 2 and 8 through conduits 6 and 11 respectively, may be combined and passed through conduit 13 to a preheater 14 and then to a conventional stripping tower 15 maintained at a sufficient temperature to distillfrom the ratfinate any furfural (B.P. 329 P.) which may be present therein.
  • the lean rafiinate so obtained is removed from stripping tower 15 through conduit16 and may be passed as a high quality feed to a catalytic cracking unit.
  • a portion of the lean rafiinate may be heated in a reboiler 17 and recirculated through conduit 18 to stripping tower 15 to maintain the desired distillation temperature.
  • the furfural solvent distilled off in tower 15 is removed from the top thereof through conduit 19, condensed in condenser 20 and returned to furfural storage tank 3.
  • the rich extract phase removed from the bottom of extraction column 8 through conduit 10 is passed to a preheater 21 and subsequently to a stripping tower 22 maintained at a suitable temperature to distill the furfural from the extract.
  • the furfural vapors are passed overhead through conduit 23, condensed in condenser 2ft and returned to storage tank 3.
  • Lean extract having a high aromatic content is removed from stripping tower 22 through conduit 25 and may be advantageously employed in a furnace carbon black manufacturing process. If desired, a portion of the lean extract may be heated in a reboiler 26 and recirculated through'conduit 27 to stripping tower 22 to maintain the desired distillation temperature.
  • Example 1 Using an apparatus arrangement as described in reference to the drawing, a mixture of 75% by volume of heavy cycle oil and 25% by volume of decant oil was charged to the middle portion of the first extractor at a rate of 10,000 barrels per day (b.p.d.) and concurrently contacted therein with furfural charged to the upper portion of the extractor at a rate of 10,052 b.p.d.
  • the volume ratio of furfural to oil feed was 1.005 :1, and the temperature of the raffinate outlet of the column (top) was maintained at about 150 F., while the temperature of the extract outlet (bottom). was maintained at about F.
  • the extract obtained from the first extractor containing a predominant portion of aromatic, nitrogen and metallic constituents in the heavy cycle oil-decant oil feed, was charged to the upper portion of a second extractor at a rate of 16,453 b.p.d. (6590 b.p.d. of extract-solvent free basis and 9863 b.p.d. of furfural) and concurrently contacted therein with deasphalted gas oil charged at a rate of 10,330 b.p.d. to the middle portion of the extractor.
  • the volume ratio of furfural contained in the extract from the first extractor to deasphalted gas oil feed was about 0.96.
  • the temperature near the rafiinate outlet (top) of the second extractor was maintained at about 150 F. and the temperature near the extract outlet (bottom) was maintained at about 100 F.
  • the extract obtained from the second extractor was distilled to yield 8589 b.p.d. of furfural and 5608 b.p.d. of lean extract. It will be noted from Table 2, below, that the lean extract was found to have a BMCI value of 120 and an API gravity of 1.3 at 60 F., indicating an extremely high aromatic content. Because of these and other properties, the lean extract could be used with advantage as a feedstock to produce furnace carbon black and high yield.
  • the rafiinates obtained from the first and second extractors Were combined and passed to a distillation tower to yield 1463 b.p.d. of furfural and 14,722 b.p.d. of lean rafiinate.
  • the respective raffinates obtained from the first and second extractors had relatively high nonaromatic contents and low metallic contents.
  • the rafiinates are, therefore, desirable catalytic cracking feedstocks.
  • Example 2 Oil Feed Extract Ratfinat Property (de- (desol- (desolasphalted ventized) ventized) gas oil) Fe Viscosity, SSU at 210 F Asphaltenes BMCI
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 1 was repeated except as otherwise noted herein. A 75 :25 volume mixture of heavy cycle oil and decant oil was extracted with furfural in a ratio of 0.5 volume of furfural to 1.0 volumes of feed. 75
  • lean extract and lean rafiinate possess properites Which make them desirable for use as a carbon black feedstock and as a catalytic cracking feedstock, respectively.
  • Example 3 Example 2 was repeated except that fresh make-up furfural was not added to the rich extract charged to the second extractor.
  • the volume ratio of furfural to deasphalted gas oil was, therefore, approximately 1.27:1.
  • the extract and raffinate obtained from the second extractor were found to have the following properties:
  • Solvent extraction process as in claim 1 wherein the extraction of said first hydrocarbon feed is carried out at a ratio of from about 0.2 to about 5.0 volumes of solvent per volume of hydrocarbon feed, and the extraction of said second hydrocarbon feed is carried out at a ratio of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 volumes of solvent per volume of second hydrocarbon feed.
  • Solvent extraction process as in claim 3 wherein the extraction of said first hydrocarbon feed is carried out at a ratio of from about 0.5 to about 2.0 volumes of solvent per volume of hydrocarbon feed, and the extraction of said second hydrocarbon feed is carried out at a ratio of from about 1.0 to about 2.0 volumes of solvent per t volume of second hydrocarbon feed.

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